WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
July 3, 2021 Pearl River We knew it was coming, and now it’s here. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that, hey, it’s ok to discriminate against voters and deny their access to the ballot, as long as you can get away with it. Going forward challenges to voter suppression will have to prove that the …
July 2, 2021 New Orleans Elections in New York City have always been sui generis. Petitions and candidates would roundly be rejected for spurious reasons. Rules from the Election Commission could change with the weather. In every election cycle, ACORN’s political department had two sets of standards and rules. One that worked across the …
July 1, 2021 New Orleans In the wake of the Surfside, Florida condominium collapse, I’ve been waiting for two shoes to fall. One is the tragic death toll that could soar from a dozen to over one-hundred. The other is the assessment of responsibility, which I feared was collective, no matter how much finger pointing …